Coin-controlled mechanism



Patented Sept. 7, 1926,.

TES PATENT, OFFICE.

` Bariton? `DUB1N,0F BALTIMORE MARYLAND i goin-CGNTROLLEn MiioHANrsiir.

^ Appiic'aticn tied member f3, lszsjfserirai No. 66,566. i

fThis invention relates to :coin controlled mechanismsfa'nd especiallyto such mecha- -ni'sin that isv operablezto eject articles for packagessuoli .as individual sticks `of chewing"giimforflpackages-` of thesamefor `of other material.

y"It has beenvfoundthat vending machines ot the coin-controlled orfcheck-controll'ed type often'fail to properly-operate because the coinr check is gripped between twov vrhavingIa coin-inlet 7, and amerchandise receiving and g dispensing chamber having an opening orinlet 8 through which the chewing lgum or other 'merchandise falls,

@intof reach of the'fpurchaseigwhen the vendparts such as the article`ejector and the" operating lpusher-andr remains so gripped during 'thereturning VmovementV of thev parts y that engage with the coin orchecl.`lVhen VtheV coin is so returned," instead of''being `dropped v-ordeposited in theVK coin-receptacle, Vit enables/the purchaser to obtainytwo or vmore `packages Aoithe :vended material in'-Y steadof only thevone'fto lwhich he or she is' entitled. Different-kinds of devices havebeen invented for forcing the gripped coin `into the kcoin-ri-zceptacle,but suchf devices ".oller a resistance Vto thecontinued operatingmoveinentofjthe roperating pusher', so the,

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purchaseris' likely Vto think the vending 'opferationgisoverl beforejitactually is over, andy willy allow the operating `pusher to re- 'turn`beforethe"coin'is lreleasedrffrom the grip of, the vending pusher andoperating pusher.

ing pusher haspushed it fromV the floor 6 into the hole 8. The floor-jhas also a hole 9V therethrough, and this hole may communicate `withthe vending chamber (seen partly at 8), so the machine can not beoperated bv a coin or checlrthat is smaller 'thanthe diameter of thehole 9, but such small coin` will drop through the hole 9 and bereturned to the vending chamber `whereit can Vbe regained bythepurchaser or person who put it v into themachine.

The! coin or check is here shown at C, and itis seen that the hole 9does not permit it'fto'lpass through, kbecause it is of the sizeintended-to control the vending machine;

i One object of this invention is to over-` come the disadvantagesexplained in the )foregoingand to provide avery simple and comparativelyinexpensive and thoroughly' 'gpractic'a'l andeffective coin'controlledd'e- `vice for the purpose eiqlained.

Other objects andV importantr Yfeatures rilllbefseenfin tliefollowingdetails-cof del scripfiion, in connection with l the accomf-`coin-receptacle. v

The vending pusher -10 has relatively ibut the :hole 7 is large enoughto permit such c'oinl to drop therethrough into the broad pushing heads11that serve the dual l purpose of pushingthe merchandise from the lioor6 and limiting the forward movement of the -vendingpusher,` that is, itsmovement `towards the front of the machine,

because these heads -11- normally abut againsttwoguiding members orstaples 12 that straddle thev narrow parallel lparts offthe Ymember '10.Springs 13 are secured to the member lO'andf to thev floor 5, and

these-,pull and normally hold the member 10 forward. 'An' arcuate recessis formed `in the member 10, and this recess is only llargelenouglrtoreceive, without binding Fig 1 is a sectionalview through a simple `formo-vendingmac'hine, showing my imfproved coin controlle'dxmechanism intop Y Fig;v 2 `is i an yenlarged detail/view:A showing theninnerend ofthehoperating pusher inr horizontal section'r and .in l-si'de,elevation.

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-Qlwhich similar" reference characters correspond rto similar parts in'lthe 'several' views,

Uthe; invention fand its adjuncts are described v Thecasing or mainmachine includes an' operating chamber. vhaving a `loor 5; amerchandise-chamber body 'off the vending.

Aor gripping, the coins of the ysize to control the vending machine. IThe wall of this arcuate irecess terminates in vtwosharpedged-'shoulders 15 having their sharp edges very near tothecontiolling coin or check when-the latter vis inthe recess/14.

.The controlling` coin has a part ofA Vits vpej- -riphery betweentheshoulders 15 for a pur"- w'po'serthatis explained hereinafter.

Thejoperating pusher comprises afpush-r :ing barll'and two pawls 17which latter 'having a HOOP' 6; a Coin-retenus Cha-Ulloa?Y lll either bysuitable springs (not shown) or by the-tu'o'studs or stops. 20, so theywill pass through the space between the shoulders l5 it the operatingpusher is pushed in when no coin or check is in they recess la, and insuch case, no vending Will take place. A spring 21 is providedto"ret`urn the operating pusher to normal forvcard position, and in thusreturning it, cooperates ivith the studs 20 for returning the paujls to"normal position if they have been spread apart. slet 22 and a pin orguiding element A.{S'cooperate with a slot olf the main body, t keep theOperai-ias" Pusher in its proper patho't 'moi-"ement, l

lhe eperation oit the devce is as iollows:

Assuming that a stach or Atier of'paclzages are 011th@ i091 6, that aProper Sized Coin or check C is placed in the recess 14 (by anyappropriate' chute or other means), and that the operating pusher is'pushed in: Vlhe circular'edge 'of the coin immediately tends to deflectthe pawls toivard the shouldersl, but the studs or pins 2O prevent suchdeflection until the pavvls have moved rearvvard a slight distance; butvfhenthe pivots 18 pass betiveejn the studs or 'pins 20, the pavvls arethen free to be deflected by the circular edge of the coin, and when sodeflected, they move into engagementl with the shoulders l5 and out ofengagement with the coin, thus releasing the 'latter so it is free toAtall through the opening 7 soon as it passes far enough over saidopening.' 'The pawls retain their engagement With the respectiveshoulders l5 While the operating pusher and vending pusher continuetheir rearward movement until the package is pushed from the lloor andfalls into the vending opening 8; Ibut ythe pins or studs 2Ov disengagethe paivls 1,7 from the shoulders when the spring 2l returns theVoperating pusher to itsnormal forward position. Y

l do not intend to' 'lim-it my patent protection to the exactconstruction and arrangement here shoivn, but the inventive 'ideascontemplate 'numerous forms and arrangements within the scope of theinventionas implied and claimed. f V i' Y lllhat I claim as my inventionis l. AThe combination of a membervmovable to dislodge an article ofmerchandise and provided ivivt'h a' recess to receive a1 coinV or check,and also provided With a shoulder adjacent to said recess, and anyoperating member movable into said recess when no coin is in the saidrecess, said operating member being provided with means't-o lengage witha coin when in said recess and to be deflected by the coin outoi'"engagement iviththe coin and int@ engagement vthsad Shoulder for efteting-aa. operatingmovement of the first ad Humber- A 2. The combinationof a member movable to dislodge an article and provided With a recess toreceive a coin or the like and havshoiilders between vvhich the coinextends vflien in said recess, and an operating` member movable intosaid recess when no coin is therein, said operating member includingpaivls operable by a coin in the recess so as to' disengage -them fromthe coin and operatively engage them with said shoulders and thus renderthe operating member elective to cause the lirst said member to dislodgesaid article.

3. The combination of a member movable to dislodge an article andprovided with a recess to receive a coin or the like and havingshoulders between which the coin exltends ivhen in said recess, anoperating member movable into said recess yWhen no coin is therein, saidoperating member including paivls operable by a coin in -the recess soas to disengage the-m from the coin and operatively engage the-m' vwithsaid shoulders and thus render the operating member eleotive te causethe lilStSaid member to dislodge said article, and means to disengagesaid pawls from said shoulders and hold them in position to'pass betweenthe shoulders when no coin is inV said recess.

et. in a device olz Vthe character (ilescribed, the combination ofamember movable to dislodge an article and provided with a recess toreceive a coin or the like and havingV sharp-edged shoulders adapted 'tobe very close to a controlling coin'or the like When such coin is insaid recess, said member being provided Vivith means yto guide it in itsforward `and rearward movements, a lloor supper nei said member and itsguiding is, said ,floor having a relatively .large 'and relatively smallhole theree ough,'the margin of the latter supportin?4 the proper sizedcontrolling coins or checks" but permitting smaller coins or checks todrop therethrough, the larger sized hole being adapted to permit theproper sized controlling'coins to drop therethroiigh, an operating'pusher provided with. pawls normally in position to pass between saidshoulders when no coin is in said recess, said pawls being operable 'bya coin in said recess so as tov engage themwithsaid shoulders ivhiledisengaging them from the controlling coin, studs secured to said floorin position to hold the pavvls in their normal position,1 resilientmeans to return the' operating pusher to its normal position and tocooper- .vith said studs for returning said pa'wls to their normalposition, and "resilient means E0 return the first Said member toitsnrnial position.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature.

Beratern-'Darm

